“Las Meninas” — it did not acquire its somewhat peculiar title (meaning “The Maids of Honour”) until the 1840s — was completed in 1656, four years before Velázquez’s death.

Las Meninas The Queso de Cabra (RM29) is made up of deep-fried semi-cured Spanish goat cheese with lemon honey sauce. This is a meal that is the dictionary definition of “hedonistic”.

Madrid’s Prado Museum has loaned a monumental 1653 Diego Velázquez painting to the Norton Simon Museum. At 14, Mariana married her uncle, Spain’s King Philip IV, then 44. The theatrical ...

Often thought of as the defining masterpiece of Spanish Baroque painting, Las Meninas (1656) by Diego Velázquez is also one of the most unusual and widely debated royal portraits in the history of art ...

The bustling capital of Spain is its cultural center. From flamenco to world-famous art galleries and football games, these are the 24 best things to do in Madrid.

A restaurant has popped up in one of Perth’s inner suburbs, offering traditional Spanish cuisine with a twist. Meninas Grill — named after Diego Velazquez’s 1656 masterpiece Las Meninas ...

SPAIN - MAY 15: Las Meninas (The Maids of Honour), 1656, by Diego Velazquez (1599-1660), oil on canvas, 318x276 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images); Madrid, Museo Del Prado. (Photo by ...

Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez (Seville, 1599 - Madrid, 1660), the most famous painting of Spanish painting of all time and the icon of the Prado National Museum, still retains intact the luminosity ...

Known for recontextualizing the iconic figures, colors, and textures throughout Western art history, Valdés once again pulls from well-known source material for Las Meninas a San Marco as he ...